Drama, 2006 (Foreign/subtitled)
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
A determined Ukranian woman who escapes a life of prostitution and moves to a new town to start fresh. Starting out in the building of her target she eventually schemes her way into becoming a nanny/housekeeper to a family of three. She is leading the typical life of an impoverished foreigner but she actually has quite a bit of cash which she uses to set herself up. She has a tough and austere demeanor and as her past comes back to haunt her we find out why.
- This movie was interesting and different. I loved it!! It's so hard to know which foreign films to get and I can't remember how I even discovered this one but I glad I did.
- Right away you know that this woman is running from something and trying to get something but we don't really find out what that is until towards the end of the movie.
- The story line includes a number of flashbacks not always in sequential order that give us clues as to her tortured past and what it is that she is so afraid of. Sometimes flashbacks can be annoying and overly confusing but these worked.
- Clara Dossena who portrayed Irina's charge is a great little actor. All the acting was amazing and the story line kept me on the edge of my seat.
- The random dramatic bursts of sound throughout the movie were timed perfectly to set the tone and kept pace with the momentum of the story line.
- When the credits started rolling the first thing I said was "Wow."
5 STARS
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